How engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries attempt to reconcile competing
domains of public accountability. The growing movement toward corporate social …

Rather than existing a priori, the underground comes to be through interlinked political,
economic, cultural, and technoscientific practices and processes. Underlying each of these …

Twentieth century land reform centred on landlords, tillers, and a revolutionary or reform-
producing state. The twenty-first century version involves a wider array of actors and diverse …

Conflicts around access to, control over, and quality of water accompany mining projects all
over the globe. Often, they are associated with high intensity as means of contestation range …

The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in the Eastern Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC) is currently undergoing rapid reform of its governance structure as a result …

In a water-scarce, coal-producing region of Colombia, frictions are intensifying over the
environmental impact of the diversion of a creek. Through ethnographic observation, this …

In Zambia, privately-owned copper mines consume more than half of the electrical energy
produced. By contrast, only 22% of private households are connected to the national grid …

In recent years, the growth of a middle class has been a key feature of the'Africa
Rising'narrative. Here, Sumich explores the formation of this middle class in Mozambique …

Controversial mining projects are being proposed across the US in the quest for supplies of
precious and rare earth elements to fuel green energy technologies, like wind turbines and …

This article contributes to the theorization of the role of informal regulation (undertaken by
leading firms) in the ongoing organization of global production networks. It does so through …